Soil carbon sequestration and turnover in a pine forest after six years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1835-1847

  Lichter, John ^a   Barron, Stacy H ^a   Bevacqua, Christine E ^a   Finzi, Adrien C ^b   Irving, Katherine F ^a   Stemmler, Elizabeth A ^a   Schlesinger, William H ^c  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C stable isotope; CO2 induced NPP enhancement; Elevated CO2; Forest free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiment; Intra aggregate particulate organic matter (iPOM); Loblolly pine; Mineral associated organic matter

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; SOIL CARBON; TURNOVER;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 21744435465     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1205     Document Type: Article

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